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2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season

The 2012–13 Portland Trail Blazers season was the 43rd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The off-season saw the team draft a pair of first round draft picks, future All-Star Damian Lillard was taken sixth overall and Meyers Leonard was taken 11th overall. Despite the team finishing in 11th place in the Western Conference with a mediocre 33–49 record including a 13-game losing streak to finish, Lillard enjoyed a stellar rookie season, winning Rookie of the Year honors for his efforts.

The Trail Blazers would not miss the playoffs again until 2022.

Key dates

  • June 28: The 2012 NBA draft took place at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
  • July 1: Free agency started and players were allowed to negotiate contracts with new or their old teams.
  • July 11: Ten-day moratorium ended; players were allowed to sign contracts with new or their old teams and teams were allowed to resume making trades.

Draft

Roster

Pre-season

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 | October 10 | @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge, Damian Lillard (14) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Damian Lillard (7) | Citizens Business Bank Arena<br>10,500 | 1–0 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 | October 12 | @ Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (15) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (5) | US Airways Center<br>10,698 | 1–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 3 | October 15 | @ Sacramento | | Damian Lillard (20) | LaMarcus Aldridge, J. J. Hickson (7) | Nicolas Batum (5) | Power Balance Pavilion<br>9,328 | 1–2 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 4 | October 17 | Denver | | Wesley Matthews (19) | Joel Freeland (8) | Nolan Smith (8) | Rose Garden<br>17,856 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 | October 19 | Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (18) | Meyers Leonard (6) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>19,109 | 2–3 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 6 | October 22 | Utah | | Nicolas Batum (27) | J. J. Hickson (8) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>19,150 | 3–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 | October 25 | @ Utah | | Wesley Matthews (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (5) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>18,247 | 3–4

Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 1 || October 31 || L. A. Lakers | | Nicolas Batum (26) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Damian Lillard (11) | Rose Garden<br>20,401 | 1–0

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 2 || November 2 || @ Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (7) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 1–1 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 3 || November 3 || @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Damian Lillard (9) | Toyota Center<br>18,140 | 2–1 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 4 || November 5 || @ Dallas | | Aldridge & Matthews (20) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (5) | American Airlines Center<br>19,521 | 2–2 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 5 || November 8 || L. A. Clippers | | Nicolas Batum (23) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Batum & Aldridge (5) | Rose Garden<br>20,425 | 2–3 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 6 || November 10 || San Antonio | | Nicolas Batum (35) | J. J. Hickson (14) | LaMarcus Aldridge (7) | Rose Garden<br>20,447 | 2–4 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 7 || November 12 || Atlanta | | Batum & Hickson (19) | J. J. Hickson (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Rose Garden<br>19,095 | 2–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 8 || November 13 || @ Sacramento | | Damian Lillard (22) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Damian Lillard (9) | Sleep Train Arena<br>10,153 | 3–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 9 || November 16 || Houston | | Nicolas Batum (35) | Meyers Leonard (8) | Lillard & Matthews (5) | Rose Garden<br>20,382 | 4–5 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 10 || November 18 || Chicago | | Batum & Matthews (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Ronnie Price (5) | Rose Garden<br>20,242 | 5–5 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 11 || November 21 || @ Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (7) | Nicolas Batum (4) | US Airways Center<br>14,263 | 5–6 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 12 || November 23 || Minnesota | | Wesley Matthews (30) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>20,555 | 6-6 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 13 || November 25 || @ Brooklyn | | Wesley Matthews (20) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Barclays Center<br>16,542 | 6–7 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 14 || November 26 || @ Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | Batum & Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills<br>10,212 | 6–8 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 15 || November 28 || @ Washington | | Batum & Lillard (20) | J. J. Hickson (19) | Damian Lillard (5) | Verizon Center<br>14,114 | 6–9 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 16 || November 30 || @ Boston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge (8) | Will Barton (4) | TD Garden<br>18,624 | 6–10

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 17 || December 1 || @ Cleveland | | Damian Lillard (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (9) | Damian Lillard (11) | Quicken Loans Arena<br>16,624 | 7–10 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 18 || December 3 || @ Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Batum & Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena<br>12,640 | 8–10 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 19 || December 5 || @ Indiana | | Damian Lillard (23) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Damian Lillard (6) | Bankers Life Fieldhouse<br>11,569 | 8–11 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 20 || December 8 || Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (17) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden<br>19,454 | 8–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 21 || December 10 || Toronto | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Damian Lillard (6) | Rose Garden<br>16,863 | 9–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 22 || December 13 || San Antonio | | Damian Lillard (29) | J. J. Hickson (12) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden<br>19,118 | 10–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 23 || December 16 || New Orleans | | J. J. Hickson (24) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Rose Garden<br>18,772 | 11–12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 24 || December 20 || Denver | | Nicolas Batum (22) | J. J. Hickson (18) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden<br>19,982 | 12-12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 25 || December 22 || Phoenix | | Damian Lillard (25) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden<br>19,746 | 13–12 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 26 || December 23 || @ Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (22) | Hickson & Aldridge (11) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Sleep Train Arena<br>13,244 | 13-13 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 27 || December 26 || Sacramento | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (11) | Rose Garden<br>20,545 | 14–13 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 28 || December 28 || @ L. A. Lakers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (26) | J. J. Hickson (8) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 14-14 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 29 || December 29 || Philadelphia | | Nicolas Batum (22) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Rose Garden<br>20,569 | 15–14

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 30 || January 1 || @ New York | | Nicolas Batum (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Batum & Lillard (6) | Madison Square Garden<br>19,033 | 16–14 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 31 || January 2 || @ Toronto | | Damian Lillard (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Air Canada Centre<br>18,117 | 16–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 32 || January 4 || @ Memphis | | Wesley Matthews (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Damian Lillard (8) | FedExForum<br>15,823 | 17–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 33 || January 5 || @ Minnesota | | Batum & Matthews (26) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Aldridge & Lillard (6) | Target Center<br>16,220 | 18–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 34 || January 7 || Orlando | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Batum & Lillard (10) | Rose Garden<br>19,560 | 19–15 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 35 || January 10 || Miami | | Nicolas Batum (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>20,536 | 20–15 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 36 || January 11 || @ Golden State | | Damian Lillard (37) | J. J. Hickson (12) | LaMarcus Aldridge (5) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 | 20–16 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 37 || January 13 || Oklahoma City | | LaMarcus Aldridge (33) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden<br>20,423 | 20–17 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 38 || January 15 || @ Denver | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Nicolas Batum (7) | Pepsi Center<br>15,521 | 20–18 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 39 || January 16 || Cleveland | | Nicolas Batum (23) | Nicolas Batum (12) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>18,880 | 20–19 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 40 || January 19 || Milwaukee | | Damian Lillard (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden<br>20,487 | 20-20 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 41 || January 21 || Washington | | Damian Lillard (18) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Nicolas Batum (11) | Rose Garden<br>17,366 | 20–21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 42 || January 23 || Indiana | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | J. J. Hickson (13) | Batum & Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>18,934 | 21-21 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 43 || January 26 || L. A. Clippers | | Batum & Lillard (20) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Nicolas Batum (12) | Rose Garden<br>20,672 | 22–21 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 44 || January 27 || @ L. A. Clippers | | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Batum & Matthews (8) | Staples Center<br>19,060 | 22-22 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 45 || January 29 || Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (29) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>18,888 | 23–22

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 46 || February 1 || @ Utah | | Damian Lillard (26) | LaMarcus Aldridge (10) | Damian Lillard (5) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>19,512 | 23-23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 47 || February 2 || Utah | | Damian Lillard (23) | Aldridge & Hickson (11) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Rose Garden<br>20,376 | 24–23 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 48 || February 4 || @ Minnesota | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (6) | Target Center<br>13,446 | 25–23 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 49 || February 6 || @ Dallas | | LaMarcus Aldridge (27) | Aldridge & Hickson (10) | Batum & Lillard (6) | American Airlines Center<br>19,746 | 25–24 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 50 || February 8 || @ Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (31) | LaMarcus Aldridge (11) | Damian Lillard (6) | Toyota Center<br>15,655 | 25-25 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 51 || February 10 || @ Orlando | | LaMarcus Aldridge (25) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Damian Lillard (12) | Amway Center<br>17,966 | 25–26 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 52 || February 12 || @ Miami | | Damian Lillard (33) | Wesley Matthews (6) | Nicolas Batum (4) | American Airlines Arena<br>20,032 | 25–27 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 53 || February 13 || @ New Orleans | | Damian Lillard (12) | Víctor Claver (6) | Nicolas Batum (6) | New Orleans Arena<br>11,656 | 25–28 |- align="center" |colspan="9" bgcolor="#bbcaff"|All-Star Break |- style="background:#fcc;" | 54 || February 19 || Phoenix | | J. J. Hickson (25) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>20,499 | 25–29 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 55 || February 22 || @ L. A. Lakers | | Nicolas Batum & J. J. Hickson (22) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Wesley Matthews (8) | Staples Center<br>18,997 | 25–30 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 56 || February 24 || Boston | | Wesley Matthews (24) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,484 | 26–30 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 57 || February 27 || Denver | | Damian Lillard (26) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Rose Garden<br>20,077 | 26–31

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 58 || March 2 || Minnesota | | Damian Lillard (24) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Eric Maynor (12) | Rose Garden<br>20,390 | 27–31 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 59 || March 4 || Charlotte | | LaMarcus Aldridge (23) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>18,330 | 28–31 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 60 || March 6 || @ Memphis | | Damian Lillard (20) | J. J. Hickson (13) | LaMarcus Aldridge (6) | FedExForum<br>16,214 | 28–32 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 61 || March 8 || @ San Antonio | | Damian Lillard (35) | J. J. Hickson (11) | Damian Lillard (9) | AT&T Center<br>18,581 | 29–32 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 62 || March 10 || @ New Orleans | | Wesley Matthews (24) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (8) | New Orleans Arena<br>15,036 | 29–33 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 63 || March 12 || Memphis | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | Nicolas Batum (10) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>18,754 | 29–34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 64 || March 14 || New York | | Damian Lillard (26) | J. J. Hickson (16) | Damian Lillard (10) | Rose Garden<br>20,636 | 30–34 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 65 || March 16 || Detroit | | LaMarcus Aldridge (31) | J. J. Hickson (15) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>20,161 | 31–34 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 66 || March 18 || @ Philadelphia | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | LaMarcus Aldridge (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Wells Fargo Center<br>15,623 | 31–35 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 67 || March 19 || @ Milwaukee | | Wesley Matthews (24) | LaMarcus Aldridge (15) | Damian Lillard (11) | BMO Harris Bradley Center<br>14,397 | 31–36 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 68 || March 21 || @ Chicago | | LaMarcus Aldridge (28) | J. J. Hickson (21) | Damian Lillard (7) | United Center<br>21,946 | 32–36 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 69 || March 22 || @ Atlanta | | Wesley Matthews (28) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Nicolas Batum (7) | Philips Arena<br>16,348 | 33–36 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 70 || March 24 || @ Oklahoma City | | Damian Lillard (19) | LaMarcus Aldridge (12) | Nicolas Batum (8) | Chesapeake Energy Arena<br>18,203 | 33–37 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 71 || March 27 || Brooklyn | | LaMarcus Aldridge (24) | Meyers Leonard (9) | Nicolas Batum (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,127 | 33–38 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 72 || March 29 || Utah | | Damian Lillard (24) | J. J. Hickson (14) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>19,527 | 33–39 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 73 || March 30 || @ Golden State | | Meyers Leonard (22) | J. J. Hickson (10) | Nicolas Batum (9) | Oracle Arena<br>19,596 | 33–40

|- style="background:#fcc;" | 74 || April 1 || @ Utah | | Wesley Matthews (23) | J. J. Hickson (7) | Eric Maynor (8) | EnergySolutions Arena<br>18,336 | 33–41 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 75 || April 3 || Memphis | | J. J. Hickson (17) | J. J. Hickson (9) | Eric Maynor (10) | Rose Garden<br>19,275 | 33–42 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 76 || April 5 || Houston | | LaMarcus Aldridge (32) | LaMarcus Aldridge (13) | Damian Lillard (7) | Rose Garden<br>20,400 | 33–43 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 77 || April 7 || Dallas | | Will Barton (22) | Will Barton (13) | Maynor & Barton (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,228 | 33–44 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 78 || April 10 || L. A. Lakers | | Damian Lillard (38) | LaMarcus Aldridge (16) | Damian Lillard (9) | Rose Garden<br>20,598 | 33–45 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 79 || April 12 || Oklahoma City | | Will Barton (18) | J. J. Hickson (7) | Damian Lillard (8) | Rose Garden<br>20,577 | 33–46 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 80 || April 14 || @ Denver | | Damian Lillard (30) | Hickson & Barton (9) | Hickson & Lillard (6) | Pepsi Center<br>19,155 | 33–47 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 81 || April 16 || @ L. A. Clippers | | Will Barton (17) | Hickson, Barton & Freeland (6) | Damian Lillard (8) | Staples Center<br>19,183 | 33–48 |- style="background:#fcc;" | 82 || April 17 || Golden State | | LaMarcus Aldridge (30) | LaMarcus Aldridge (21) | Eric Maynor (6) | Rose Garden<br>20,261 | 33–49

Awards and records

On December 5, 2012, Damian Lillard was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month for November, making him the third rookie in Blazers history to earn the honor, following Arvydas Sabonis (1994) and Brandon Roy (2007). When asked about the honor, Lillard stated "I’m happy that I can get it, but I think all that it says is that I played good for one month. My mind has been focused on being consistent for the whole season, so ... it's a big deal to win the award, but it's not a big deal for the season. I’ll be happy about it and then it’ll be gone. It's a new month already."

Injuries

Reserve guard Elliot Williams tore his left Achilles tendon during a team workout on September 9. He was out for the season.

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | style="text-align:left;"| | 82 || 82 || 38.6 || .429 || .368 || .844 || 3.1 || 6.5 || .9 || .2 || 19.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 80 || 80 || 29.0 || .562 || .000 || .679 || 10.4 || 1.1 || .6 || .6 || 12.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 74 || 74 || 37.7 || .484 || .143 || .810 || 9.1 || 2.6 || .8 || 1.2 || 21.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 73 || 73 || 38.5 || .423 || .372 || .848 || 5.6 || 4.9 || 1.2 || 1.1 || 14.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 73 || 5 || 12.2 || .382 || .138 || .769 || 2.0 || .8 || .5 || .1 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 69 || 69 || 34.8 || .436 || .398 || .797 || 2.8 || 2.5 || 1.3 || .3 || 14.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 69 || 9 || 17.5 || .545 || .429 || .809 || 3.7 || .5 || .2 || .6 || 5.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 62 || 0 || 11.8 || .368 || .348 || .769 || 2.2 || .5 || .2 || .1 || 3.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 51 || 1 || 9.4 || .408 || || .667 || 2.3 || .3 || .3 || .2 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 49 || 16 || 16.6 || .392 || .287 || .467 || 2.4 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 3.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 40 || 0 || 7.2 || .368 || .214 || .714 || .7 || .9 || .2 || .0 || 2.8 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 39 || 1 || 13.5 || .353 || .300 || .167 || 1.4 || .8 || .6 || .1 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 39 || 0 || 13.1 || .325 || .256 || .708 || 1.1 || 1.9 || .7 || .1 || 2.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| | 38 || 0 || 9.2 || .296 || .000 || .522 || 1.6 || .4 || .2 || .2 || 1.2 |- | style="text-align:left;"|<sup>†</sup> | 27 || 0 || 21.2 || .422 || .380 || .683 || 1.0 || 4.0 || .4 || .0 || 6.9

Transactions

Overview

  • Waived during the pre-season.

Trades

Free agents

References